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W.E.B. DuBois baseball team beating the odds, backed by community

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - One JCPS team is leaning into its fans in the stands to help them in a different way this year. A GoFundMe for the W.E.B. DuBois Academy baseball team is hoping to help the ...
Sports Illustrated

W.E.B. DuBois Academy at Holy Cross — Friday, Aug. 22 (7 p.m. EDT)

SBLive game page: https://scorebooklive.com/kentucky/football/games/5736230-web-dubois-academy-vs-holy-cross Holy Cross on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/kentucky ...
Yahoo

W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black experience – sociologist Elijah Anderson tells why it should be on more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mural dedicated to Du Bois and the Old Seventh Ward is painted on the corner of 6th and South streets in Philadelphia. Paul ...
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W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

The opening days of Black History Month 2023 have coincided with controversy about the teaching and broader meaning of African American studies. On Feb. 1, 2023, the College Board released a revised ...
The Courier-Journal

Now in its second year, is DuBois Academy serving black boys better than other schools?

Last year, Jefferson County Public Schools opened the W.E.B. DuBois Academy with a clear focus: to serve black boys better. Gains, though tiny, illustrated in results from the school's first round of ...
Black Enterprise

Courtney B. Vance Narrates W.E.B. Du Bois Biography Audiobook

In Volume One of "W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race" audiobook, the actor will narrate the first five decades of the activist's life. Tony Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance will reintroduce the ...
The Courier-Journal

Construction begins on W.E.B. DuBois's new building. Here's what you should know

Project: W.E.B. DuBois Academy. Location: Between Thomas Jefferson Middle School and the George Unseld Early Learning Center. Description: Jefferson County Public Schools broke ground in April on what ...
Forbes

5 Must-Read W.E.B. Du Bois Books And Literary Works

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a forward-thinking ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Penn holds second annual W.E.B. Du Bois lecture featuring sociologist Aldon Morris

The second annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science occurred on Feb. 23 at the Annenberg School for Communication. The lecture, which was held on Du Bois' birthday, honored his legacy as ...
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W. E. B. DuBois’ first senior class earned more than 800K in scholarships

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - W. E. B. DuBois Academy is saying congratulations and goodbye to its first graduating class on Tuesday. The school was founded in 2018 as an all-male school specifically for ...
Berkshire Eagle

More than 150 years later, W.E.B. Du Bois continues to inspire (though not everyone knows who he is)

GREAT BARRINGTON — Denny Alsop keeps an excerpt of a speech W.E.B. Du Bois on his phone and can pull it up fast. “There’s one piece I just love so much,” said Alsop, a longtime clean-water activist ...